Jim Lehrer "Read Remnants of Glory and liked it very much."
Beth Henley |
Remnants of GloryIn Remnants of Glory, Teresa Miller creates a heroine whose robust high spirits and calm, undemonstrative strength make her emblematic of the early pioneer days of American history. As teacher, mother, and humanitarian, Kate Dexter makes decisions that last a lifetime by relying on the only technology available to her—the human heart. Whether defying convention and prejudice to help an impoverished black family or struggling to raise her mentally challenged daughter, Kate emerges from the ranks of ordinary life as a simple but extraordinary woman. Even when she falls in love with her brother-in-law, even as she struggles with disappointment and failure, she manages not only to survive, but to triumph. This is the story of a passionate woman who fought for what she believed in most. Life. Family Correspondence is a multi-generational novel beginning in post-WWII Arkansas with fifteen-year-old Marie Wallace, a young girl struggling to come to terms with her mother's frailties and the larger-than-life personalities who have shaped her world. In part two of the book, in modern-day Oklahoma, Marie's daughter, Nora Catron, is suddenly forced to confront her mother's past in the aftermath of a horrible and mysterious accident. Using letters to link the lives of mother and daughter, Teresa Miller weaves a penetrating and thoughtfully observed tale. Because ultimately, as Nora realizes, this mother-daughter story is "larger than family correspondence." It is about the ongoing and often joyful kinship of being. |
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